Islamabad United is a franchise cricket team that represents Islamabad, the capital city of Pakistan, in the Pakistan Super League. They were the defending champions in PSL 2019, having won the title in the 2018 season and becoming the most successful PSL team at that time. They were one of the six teams competing in the 2019 season. The team was captained by Pakistani quick bowler Mohammad Sami and by Shadab Khan in three matches after Sami was out injured. They finished 3rd, after winning six matches from their twelve matches in the PSL 2019. Cameron Delport and Faheem Ashraf were the team's leading runs-scorer and wickets-taker, respectively.
Islamabad United Players with international caps are listed in bold. Ages are given as of the date of the first match of the 2019 season, 14 February 2019 +No.NameNationalityBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleYear signedNotesBatsmen8Sahibzada FarhanRight-handed—2019Cameron DelportLeft-handedRight-arm medium2019Nasir NawazRight-handedRight-arm medium-fast2019Ian BellRight-handedRight-arm medium2019Overseas10Alex HalesRight-handedRight-arm medium2019Overseas13Asif AliRight-handedRight-arm medium-fast201822Rizwan HussainLeft-handed—2019All-rounders5Hussain TalatLeft-handedRight-arm medium-fast20177Amad ButtRight-handedRight-arm fast-medium2016Wayne ParnellRight-handedLeft-arm fast-medium2019Overseas29Samit PatelRight-handedSlow left-arm orthodox2019Overseas41Fahim AshrafLeft-handedRight-arm medium-fast201876Shadab KhanRight-handedRight-arm leg break2018Vice-captainWicket-keepers54Luke RonchiRight-handed—2018Overseas59Chadwick Walton Right-handed—2018OverseasPhil SaltRight-handedRight-arm medium-fast2019OverseasBowlers7Mohammad SamiRight-handedRight-arm fast2018Captain11Rumman RaeesRight-handedLeft-arm medium-fast201817Zafar GoharLeft-handedSlow left-arm orthodox2018Musa KhanRight-handedRight-arm medium2019Waqas MaqsoodRight-handedLeft-arm medium2019Zahir KhanLeft-handedLeft-arm unorthodox spin2019Overseas
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Season summary
In the opening match of the season, United defeated Lahore Qalandars after chasing down 171 runs in the 20th over, winning the match by 5 wickets. Then they went on to lose their next two games against Multan Sultans by 5 wickets and Quetta Gladiators by 7 wickets, respectively. In the next game against Peshawar Zalmi, being asked to bat first, the defending champions were 49–3 at one stage before Ian Bell and Cameron Delport put on 56 runs which helped the team post a competitive total of 158 runs for 9 in 20 overs. In the chase of 158 runs, Zalmi were reeling at 65 runs for 5 wickets at one stage. Kieron Pollard and Darren Sammy steadied the team with a 55-run partnership. Zalmi hopes of winnings were dashed after Pollard departed after scoring 51 runs. In the end, Islamabad managed to win by 12 runs after captain Mohammad Sami's hat-trick in the last over.
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